Like a few others here I think “The original Star Trek Movie (ST:I)’ was a lot better than most seem to think – I reckon it has been unfairly maligned and panned. Let’s not forget the others wouldn’t have happened without it!

Yeah, a bit of black humour to close with.

Nebulas aren’t thick clumps of pink gas suitable for hiding ships.

If the sixth planet in a system exploded it would not draw the fifth planet farther out from it’s parent star. (Since the reliant crew assumed CetiAlpha 5 was indeed 6, it must have moved into 6’s former orbit, somehow.) And why would a wider orbit cause a planet-wide sandstorm rather than rapid cooling?

Plus, if you were super-intelligent, and participating in a battle within a 3D space, in which both combatants can move almost freely within that space, would you just ignore one of the three dimentions?

I guess it proves st2 was one of the best if we can take time to nitpick the science and the StarTrek canon violations. I’m sure st9 is full of errors as well but we’re too distracted by the forced humor and F. Murray Abraham pretty much squealing like a bratty toddler when his character didn’t get his way.

NoAstronomer and Thomas Siefert:

Criticism accepted.